Estimation and characterization of gaseous pollutant emissions from agricultural crop residue combustion in industrial and household sectors of Pakistan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 189-197

  Irfan, Muhammad ^a   Riaz, Muhammad ^a   Arif, Muhammad Saleem ^a   Shahzad, Sher Muhammad ^b   Saleem, Farhan ^a   Rahman, Naveed Ur ^c   van den Berg, Leon ^d,e   Abbas, Farhat ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^c Interloop Private Limited   (Pakistan)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e B WARE Research Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass fuel; Emission allocations; Emission factors; Emission inventory; Gaseous pollutants

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BAGASSE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; ENERGY POLICY; FOG; FUELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGRICULTURAL CROP RESIDUES; BIOMASS FUELS; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION INVENTORIES; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

BAGASSE;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; COMBUSTION; CROP RESIDUE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; OXIDE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; COMBUSTION; CROP; HOUSEHOLD; MOISTURE; PAKISTAN; PLANT RESIDUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE HUSK;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 84890253682     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.046     Document Type: Article

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